USCSS Nostromo | Xenopedia | Fandom powered by Wikia ― Hoop to Ripley , regarding the Nostromo (from Alien: Out of the Shadows ) Following its destruction, the Nostromo incident was subject to a cover up. The Weyland-Yutani personnel who had given the ship its secret mission to LV-426 destroyed all records of ever having done so, along with any information regarding the emergency beacon being transmitted by the derelict ship on LV-426. [8] The beacon itself was later deactivated by the crew of the Anesidora . [9] Weyland-Yutani lost a substantial amount of money as a result of the Nostromo's disappearance, a fact that no doubt helped facilitate the cover up — the incident became a black mark in the company's records, and consequently it was something of a taboo subject amongst employees. [10] The loss of the Nostromo was relegated to the pages of history where it went down as lost without a trace. [11] Crew Edit The Nostromo's name was taken from the eponymous hero of the 1904 novel Nostromo by Joseph Conrad .

The ship was originally called the Snark, then later the Leviathan, before Ridley Scott chose the name Nostromo due to his love of Conrad's works. [13] People and places from Conrad's works would go on to feature repeatedly as the names of space-going vessels in the Alien franchise , inspiring the names of the Narcissus (also from Alien ), the USS Sulaco (from Aliens ), the USCSS Patna (from Alien3 ), the USS Verloc (from Aliens versus Predator 2 ), the USS Marlow (from Aliens vs. Predator ) and the USS Sephora (from Aliens: Colonial Marines ). Scale models Edit Three scale models of the Nostromo were made for filming: a 12-inch (30 cm) version for medium and long shots, a 4-foot (1.2 m) version for rear shots and a 12-foot (3.7 m), 7-short-ton (6.4 t) rig for the undocking and planetoid surface sequences. The latter of these was so large it could only be moved using a forklift truck, which would plug into two slots on the back of the model.

[14] The basic outlines of the smaller models were made of wood and plastic, while the larger had a welded metal frame. Most of the fine surface details were added from model kits of battleships, tanks and World War II bombers, while the miniature of the attached refinery contained parts from several Star Wars model kits in its construction — the release mechanism that secures the Nostromo to the refinery featured the legs of R2-D2 as decorations on its upper surface, [14] while the refinery's underside incorporated panels from Darth Vader's TIE fighter. [15] Filming of the miniatures took place at Bray Studios near Maidenhead, Berkshire. The Nostromo models were originally painted yellow. However, after the model unit had spent several weeks filming the model, Scott decided to repaint the ship grey and reshoot all of the model work himself. At one point, the refinery being towed by the Nostromo featured towering spires considerably higher than those that appear in the final film, but just before filming Ridley Scott personally removed the upper sections (allegedly with a hammer and chisel).

[14] A separate model, approximately 40 feet (12 m) long, was created for the Nostromo's underside, from which the Narcissus would detach and along which Kane's body was launched during the funeral scene. [14] For the scene in which the Nostromo detaches from the refinery, a 30-foot (9.1 m) docking arm miniature was created to the same scale as the largest Nostromo model. To film the sequence, the Nostromo was pushed away from the refinery by the forklift — which was concealed under black velvet — causing the arm to extend out from the refinery, creating the illusion that the arm was pushing the ship forward. [14] Shots from outside the Nostromo in which the characters are seen moving around inside through windows were filmed using larger model sections that contained projection screens showing pre-recorded footage. Interiors Edit The interior of the Nostromo was designed by conceptual artist Ron Cobb . The set constructed for filming was all interconnected and largely sealed, meaning cast and crew had to walk through the various corridors and chambers to reach other areas of the ship.

Several crew members commented that the confines of intricate set meant filming was more akin to shooting on location than in a studio, and that the interior's enclosed nature helped to create a feeling of claustrophobia appropriate to the film. [14] In such a confined set, lighting was a constant issue. To compensate, some of the roof sections were constructed of clear plastic that allowed natural light from the studio outside to filter through, but even so sometimes actors had to resort to holding the flamethrower they were carrying close to their face so that the pilot flame would illuminate them for the cameras. [16] The look of the Nostromo's corridors was designed to evoke the feeling of a World War II submarine. [15] Much of the interior was dressed with various aircraft parts, acquired by the production team from RAF stock that was being decommissioned nearby at the time; [14] for example, the crew chairs on the bridge were taken from fighter aircraft, with at least some of them being ejector seats. [17] Much of the set dressing in the medbay was genuine medical equipment. [18] The Mother interface room was designed to mimic a niche in a cathedral, with the myriad of blinking lights representing candles.

Much of the ship's interior was fully functional, in that many of the various buttons actually performed some function when activated. [17] All the on-set video equipment was also real, and any footage seen on the various screens in the movie was played for real during filming. [18] The ship's bridge was originally designed as a large, open space with several "floating" consoles and crew seats that projected into a vast glass window at its front. [19] However, cost concerns meant this ambitious set was scrapped in favour of a cheaper design; elements of the original version were notably recycled for the bridge of the Prometheus in the film of the same name some 33 years later. The Nostromo's bridge was made more claustrophobic still when Ridley Scott had the production crew drop the ceiling of the originally spacious set by some 4 feet just before filming began, creating the far more cramped and enclosed space seen in the film. [17] Trivia Edit One of the opening scenes of Alien shows the computer waking-up, after which a console reads "CAPACITY. 200 000 000 TONNES".

This means that, even with the weight of the refining equipment factored on top of the load of ore, the Nostromo was likely not hauling its full potential capacity. Some of the computer displays from the Nostromo were reused in Ridley Scott 's later film Blade Runner. Some moviegoers mistake the refinery for the Nostromo, and have confused the Nostromo itself when it detaches from the refinery for the shuttle Narcissus. The refinery is never actually inhabited in the film, as even the Alien remained on the Nostromo itself. Originally, there was supposed to be an eighth member of the crew, a security officer called Fazio . He was scripted to be killed by the fully grown Alien not long after Kane's death while searching through the ship. However, the character was cut from the movie early in production. The conceptual warning symbols designed by Ron Cobb for the interior of the Nostromo were later reused for the trophy/achievement icons in the video game Alien: Isolation . Appearances Alien (1979) - FAQ The content of this page was created directly by users and has not been screened or verified by IMDb staff.

Visit our FAQ Help to learn more FAQ How much sex, violence, and profanity are in this movie? For detailed information about the amounts and types of (a) sex and nudity, (b) violence and gore, (c) profanity, (d) alcohol, drugs, and smoking, and (e) frightening and intense scenes in this movie, consult the IMDb Parents Guide for this movie. The Parents Guide for Alien can be found here . What is 'Alien' about? When the deep space towing vessel Nostromo receives a mysterious signal from an unexplored planet, the seven crew members are awakened from hypersleep to investigate. Three of them -- Captain Dallas ( Tom Skerritt ), Executive Officer Kane ( John Hurt ), and Navigator Lambert ( Veronica Cartwright ) -- form an exploration team and locate a derelict spaceship that contains a huge cavern full of eggs, while the other four crew members -- Warrant Officer Ripley ( Sigourney Weaver ), Science Officer Ash ( Ian Holm ), Chief Engineer Parker ( Yaphet Kotto ), and engineering technician Brett ( Harry Dean Stanton ) -- remain behind to decipher the nature of the distress signal and to make repairs to the Nostromo.

Trouble begins when one of the eggs hatches and a spider-like creature attaches itself to Kane's face. Is "Alien" based on a book? Alien was based on a screenplay by American screenwriter Dan O'Bannon with input from screenwriters Ronald Shusett, David Giler, and Walter Hill. The movie was subsequently novelized by Alan Dean Foster. It's been claimed that Alien borrowed heavily from two earlier movies: It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958), and Terrore nello spazio (aka Planet of the Vampires, 1965). The success of Alien fostered three movie sequels: Aliens (1986), Alien³ (1992), Alien: Resurrection (1997), a prequel Prometheus (2012), as well as two spin off films AVP: Alien vs. Predator (2004), and AVPR: Aliens vs Predator - Requiem (2007). Aliens, Alien 3, and Alien Resurrection continue the story of Ellen Ripley ( Sigourney Weaver ). Prometheus is set 30 years prior to Alien but features none of the same characters.

AVP and AVPR were crossover films that pair the titular Alien against creatures from the film Predator (1987). Why didn't Lambert or Dallas get attacked by facehuggers? Dallas and Lambert never went down to the area where the eggs were kept, never broke the blue mist, and never came in proximity to the eggs. They rescued Kane because he was attached to a winch cable. Once he lost consciousness, all they had to do was reel him in. How could the Company have known about the derelict ship with aliens in it? They knew because its beacon repeated every 12 seconds. The Company heard and deciphered the beacon some time prior to the Nostromo's voyage to ship fossil fuel from another planet back to Earth. Two days before the Nostromo departed on its voyage, the Company replaced the original science officer with Ash, an android whom they had pre-programmed to enact their plan of retrieving and protecting the alien life form on the return trip. They then re-routed the Nostromo to the area where the alien signal was coming from, knowing that the Nostromo would pick up the signal and, according to Company regulations, be required to respond to it.

Ash would be there to make sure that the mission was carried out. The 2012 prequel 'Prometheus' established that The Company had prior knowledge of and contact with both the Aliens and the Space Jockey race (they called the latter 'Engineers') involved in the distress call, making their actions much more logical, and the fact that an earlier ship picked up and deciphered the message quite plausible. Where did the Alien come from? This is unexplained in the movie. The origin of the Alien is a complete mystery to the crew members who have not encountered this species before. One clue is in the early drafts of O'Bannon and Shusett's script. They write: "Certain clues in the wrecked ship lead them across the hostile surface of the planet to a primitive stone pyramid, the only remnant of a vanished civilization. Beneath this pyramid they find an ancient tomb full of fantastic artifacts. Lying dormant in the tomb are centuries-old spores, which are triggered into life by the men's presence.

A parasite emerges and fastens itself to one of the men's faces -- and cannot be removed." It would appear that it was the scriptwriters' intention that the Alien(s) originated on the same planet where the derelict was found. However, as the pyramid was left out of the final script and movie, the only clue remaining is the derelict ship; it seemingly landed or crashed on the planet, indicating that both the ship and the eggs came from a very different, yet unknown place. Notes by designer H.R Giger also indicate that the Alien species may have been a bio-mechanical weapon created by the "space jockey" race. The derelict would therefore have been a military transport ship carrying a cargo of eggs, one of which presumably attacked the crew, causing the crash. This would explain the gun-turret construction aboard the derelict and the fully-grown xenomorph's mechanical mouth parts. How can the Alien grow so quickly in such little time? Although such a rate of growth is quite unheard of in Earth's fauna, we should bear in mind that this particular life-form is extra-terrestrial, and therefore not necessarily subject to conventional wisdom about growth and development.

Perhaps the Alien is a physiologically simple creature with all body structures present when it bursts out of its host, and all that is needed is that its cells quickly replicate and grow in size. The latter might be realized by drinking water and eating enormous amounts of nutrients for both energy and building blocks. Such rapid cell division would nevertheless require lots of energy, and this may account for its very short lifespan (the creators of Alien intended the creature to be aging very rapidly throughout the movie, becoming darker and finally dying at the end); the creature's body quickly invests all its energy into becoming functional, rather than into longevity, much like a butterfly. Think about the life cycle of houseflies & fruit flies: they age very rapidly and usually die in 24 hrs. Why was it raining in the cargo bay? It was condensation. Down near Brett it appeared quite hot, as he was sweating. Since hot air rises, it could have caused some frost or ice to melt high up on the ceiling. Also, the giant lights that Brett looked up at could have given off a lot of heat. Why is Ripley's nose bleeding after confronting Ash with Special Order 937?

Although it is not clearly shown, it could possibly be that Ripley banged her nose when she first grabbed Ash by the lapels and began shaking him. It could also possibly be due to intense stress. Originally there was a scene where Parker and Ripley try to close the alien in the main air lock so they can blow it out into space. However the plan goes wrong and due to loss of pressure Ripley starts bleeding from her nose. This scene was only partially shot and never included in the movie. It was supposed to occur after Dallas' death and before she confronts Ash. How does the Alien's life cycle work? There is no explanation in the movie as no one has encountered this type of alien before. At the beginning of the movie, the Nostromo crew find the dead "Space Jockey" with a large hole in his chest. In what looks like a holding area, there are several egg-shaped containers covered in a blue mist. Kane falls into the mist, and one of the eggs starts to react when he comes close to it. The top of the egg slowly opens and as Kane looks inside, a spider-like creature leaps out and attaches itself to Kane's spacesuit helmet.

Later, it is discovered that the creature has burned through Kane's helmet and attached itself to his face. It has inserted a long tube down Kane's throat and appears to be providing him with oxygen. Some hours later, the creature simply removed itself from Kane and dies. As Kane seems fine, and the crew decide to eat something before going back into hibernation. As Kane begins to eat, he begins having convulsions and his chest suddenly bursts open and a small creature bursts free. The creature then runs off before the stunned crew can stop it, but it grows at an incredible rate, shedding its skin, and reaches over 8 feet in height in a matter of hours. It then begins picking off the crew one by one. Near the end of the movie, Ripley finds that two of the crew members have been cocooned and are turning into eggs themselves (though this is only in the Director's Cut of the film and even director Ridley Scott has said it is not necessarily considered canon, as in the sequel, a Queen Alien is present to lay the eggs).

In short, the simplest explanation as shown in the movie is that the Alien is hatched from an egg, incubates in the body of a living host, rips its way out of the host, quickly grows to adult form, and begins searching for other living hosts for future Aliens to spawn from. Where is the scene showing Brett and Dallas being turned into eggs? The cocoon sequence, involving the transformation of Brett and Dallas into eggs, was filmed but was dropped from the final cut of the original release because director Ridley Scott felt that the sequence interrupted the pace of the film. He believed that the inclusion of this sequence interfered with Ripley's attempt to exit the ship, which would have unnecessarily slowed down the picture. The cutting of the cocoon sequence was an attempt by the director to keep tension in the final minutes of the film, not an attempt to alter the intended life cycle. However, Ridley Scott said that the Theatrical Cut is his "Director's cut" and any alternate versions are just special editions for fans. Therefore his intention was to leave this scene out. That scene is now available in the Director's cut. Is the derelict ship in this movie the same Predator ship from Alien Vs. Predator? No.

There are several reasons for this: (1) The two ships look nothing alike; they have completely different shapes and designs, (2) The Predators look nothing like the dead alien creature ('Space Jockey') found inside the derelict. The dead creature is several times larger and lacks the typical Predator mandibles, (3) It is unlikely that the ship would also just happen to crash on LV-426, the planet from Alien where the derelict is found, (4) In the sequel AVPR, the Predator ship crashes on Earth, reducing chances to zero of it being the derelict from Alien, and (5) A still functional ship that looks exactly like the derelict is depicted in Prometheus (2012), which takes place on a different planet to Alien. Who is the so called "Space Jockey"? Where do they get this name from? "Space Jockey" was the nickname the production designers gave to the dead alien found inside the derelict ship, who was envisioned as the pilot who flew the entire ship from his chair, and most of the crew felt it as a benevolent creature, in contrast to the Alien itself. The name may be derived from Robert A.

Heinlein's short story of the same name, which is about a pilot of a commercial spacecraft. The name stuck among the crew, and the term is widely used in behind-the-scenes material, so it eventually became a sort of unofficial yet informally accepted name for the creature, even though it is never explicitly named as such in the movie. The origin and function of the Space Jockey was kept ambiguous in the movie. During production and for several years later, Ridley Scott considered the possibility that the ship had a military function, and could drop the Alien eggs as biological weapons onto hostile territory during war. Why would they send people out on their own on the ship with the Alien loose? It seems mostly a combination of inexperience with such situations, panic and bad luck. After the Alien births from Kane, the crew split up into two groups of three. We follow Ripley, Parker and Brett as they search for the Alien. They come across Jones the cat who runs off. Parker tells Brett to go get Jones so they don't risk picking it up on the motion tracker again. This ultimately leads to Brett's death at the hands of the Alien.

But keep in mind that the crew were still expecting to find the Alien when it was in its chestburster stage. They could not have anticipated the Alien growing to over 7 feet tall in a matter of hours. Next, Dallas goes into the air ducts in order to try to bait/flush the Alien towards the airlock in order to suck it out into space, leading to his demise. This was likely because the air ducts were so small and cramped that having two or 3 people would slow them down greatly and cause more problems than it would solve, including making too much noise. Furthermore, there may have been only one functional flamethrower, and since they cannot use guns due to the risk of the Alien's blood burning a hole through the hull, sending in more people without a weapon would leave them defenseless against the Alien. And even if there were more flamethrowers, it would put them in danger of hitting each other. They may not have wanted to risk too many people against an unknown life form anyway.

The idea wasn't bad, but unfortunately, with Lambert crying, shrieking and panicking for Dallas to get out of there into his earpiece he understandably moved quickly, without thought and wound up running right into the Alien. Shortly thereafter, Ripley asks Parker to refuel one of the flamethrowers. Though she tells Ash to go with him, Parker refuses (seemingly because he doesn't like/trust Ash). There is a brief scene that shows Parker moving cautiously through the ship to get the fuel. He manages to get back without incident. Finally, Parker and Lambert go on together to collect supplies, as Ripley goes after Jones the cat on her own. Ironically, it is not the solitary Ripley who is singled out by the Alien, but Lambert and Parker. They may have thought that, since the Alien had restricted its activity to the lower deck and places with access to the ducts, Ripley would be safe on the upper deck anyway; and since it always targeted people who were alone, Lambert and Parker would not be in danger in the supply room as long as they were together.

Unfortunately, the Alien used the fact that they were extremely hurried and neither of both was keeping watch to its advantage, by sneaking up on Lambert; and its close proximity to Lambert prevented Parker from using a weapon. How does the movie end? Ripley, Lambert, and Parker prepare to take the shuttle in order to escape from the Alien aboard the Nostromo. Parker and Lambert are killed by the Alien while gathering supplies, so Ripley grabs Jones and boards the shuttle after setting the Nostromo to self-destruct. As they drift off into space, the Nostromo explodes. Ripley places Jones in the hypersleep chamber and prepares herself for sleep, too. Suddenly, she becomes aware that the Alien is also on board the shuttle in a semi-dormant state between some of the shuttle's control panels. She backs herself into a closet containing spacesuits, then has the idea that she can don a suit, decompress the shuttle and blow the Alien out into space. She buckles herself into her seat and, as the Alien rises and moves towards Ripley, she opens the main airlock hatch.

All of the contents of the shuttle that are not fixed down, including the Alien, are blown out of the hatch, but the Alien grabs onto the sides of the hatchway as it tries to survive. Ripley then shoots it with a grappling gun which blows the Alien out into space but the hatchway door slams shut just before the grappling gun is blown out as well, therefore tethering the Alien to the shuttle. The Alien then tries to regain entry through the engine casing, but Ripley fires the engines and the Alien is blown away into space. In the final scene, Ripley and Jones enter hypersleep, hoping to reach the frontier in about six weeks. Was there originally an alternative ending? Yes. The film was originally going to end with Ripley simply escaping in the shuttle and the Alien dying aboard the Nostromo as it self-destructed. However, Ridley Scott then conceived of a 'fourth act' in which Ripley had to face the Alien again, as it had managed to stow away aboard the shuttle. His intention was to end the movie on a dark note, with the Alien biting Ripley's head off, and then mimicking her voice as it made a final log entry.

He convinced the studio to allow for extra budget and filming days. The studio agreed, but only on the condition that the Alien would still die at the end. That is how the current ending came about, which is similar to Shusett's and O'Banion's early script. I heard rumours of a deleted sex scene between Dallas and Ripley. Is it true? A sex scene between Dallas and Ripley was in the script, as a way to show how space truckers deal with long periods of abstinence during their long voyages, by simply having casual sex to fulfill their physical needs. This also explains a deleted scene between Ripley and Lambert where Ripley starts having doubts about Ash and asks Lambert if she ever had sex with him (this scene is on the special edition dvd). However, the Ripley-Dallas sex scene was not filmed. Subtle hints that Dallas has feelings for Ripley are shown throughout the film, as he is very protective of her. When Ripley, Ash, and Dallas are searching for the facehugger in the medical lab, it falls on Ripley's shoulder. Dallas immediately jumps to protect her and she clutches onto him.

Also, when Ripley volunteered to go into the air ducts, Dallas insisted on taking her place. What else was planned but not shot? Aside from the famous Airlock sequence and sex scene, there were scenes involving (1) 'The Flying Bedstead' (a short range craft Dallas and Parker use to repair the exterior of the ship), (2) a scene where they use the security cameras to spot the semi-molted alien that looks something like a cross between the chestburster and an egg with feet, (3) a scene at the end where the alien pulls Ripley out of the Narcissus with the harpoon cable and into space where she shoots it with a gun before getting back inside, and (4) Ridley Scott storyboarded a stowaway alien on the outside of the shuttle after the first is immolated. Did the Alien rape Lambert? This is left ambiguous in the film, but many of the original ideas behind the Alien had sexual undertones to make it much more unsettling. H.R. Giger's original design of the Alien was much more sexual, but eventually he altered the design and used his original ideas for the film "Species".

Ronald Schussett, one of the writers of the Alien screenplay, had even stated the original idea of how to get the Alien onto the ship would be "the Alien fucks him!" and the whole idea behind the facehugger violating a man's mouth would add an extra layer of discomfort to male viewers. As for the "rape" scene, we see that Lambert is fully clothed when the Alien corners her. We see the Alien slowly creep its tail in between her legs and up to her back and although the scene then cuts away, we hear Lambert over the loud speaker as she gasps, convulses, and then give a final shriek of terror before silence. When Ripley finds the bodies of Parker and Lambert, we never see Lambert's full body but we see her legs dangling in the foreground, now undressed with blood running down them onto her feet, and her big toe has been broken and is bent out of shape. Exactly what the Alien did to Lambert is left to the imagination of the individual viewer. How long was the original cut of this film? Ridley Scott stated that his original cut or "rough cut" was approximately 4 hours in length, but was so graphic and horrific that it was demanded that he cut it.

However, Scott also stated that he never intended it to be that long, and that it was simply a version containing all the scenes from which he could start trimming the film. For the 25th anniversary of the movie, he created a new version (primarily by request of the producers and fans of the movie) which restores several deleted scenes, but also omits several minutes from the original cut to maintain the pacing of the movie. Even though this version was released as the Director's Cut, Scott has since been quoted as saying that the Theatrical Cut is the cut he intended. What order do the Alien films follow? In real time the films follow the chronology of (1) Alien, (2) Aliens, (3) Alien 3, (4) Alien; Resurrection, (5) Aliens vs Predator, (6) Aliens vs Predator: Requiem, and (7) Prometheus.

In terms of the timeline (and excepting Predator 2 which is set in 1997 and features an Alien skull glimpsed amongst the Predators hunting trophies) the timeline is (1) Alien vs Predator (2004), (2) Alien vs Predator: Requiem (2004), (3) Prometheus (2093), (4) Alien (2122), (5) Aliens (2179), (6) Alien 3 (2179), and (7) Alien; Resurrection (2380). Nostromo (spaceship) | Annex | Fandom powered by Wikia Edit Commercial Towing Vessel Nostromo, an M-Class starfreighter property of the Weyland-Yutani Corporation, is a tug , a towing vessel, hauling an enormous (some 1.5 miles in length) ore refinery and 20 million tons of raw ore, weighing many times the mass of the Nostromo.

The ship itself is still substantial, over 60,000 metric tons and almost 245 metres (800 feet) long, including three decks , four holds, stores, engines , and lots of pipes and ducts; its escape ship is called Narcissus. The ship is fitted with a self-destruct system and separates itself from the ore refinery platform via an umibical detachment system. The interior features a large 'space jockey' cockpit for all crew piloting functions, a medical bay, dining area, central computer room, engineering areas, a hypersleep chamber and a labyrinthine network of connecting corridors. The Nostromo, landing on LV-426 . (Many moviegoers have often mistaken the four-towered refinery as being the Nostromo itself and the Nostromo, when it detached itself from the refinery, as the shuttle Narcissus.) The crew consists of seven people from various fields.

In the order credited, they include Captain Dallas ( Tom Skerritt ), Warrant Officer Ripley ( Sigourney Weaver ), Navigator Lambert ( Veronica Cartwright ), Engineering Technician Brett ( Harry Dean Stanton ), Executive Officer Kane ( John Hurt ), Science Officer Ash ( Ian Holm ), and Chief Engineer Parker ( Yaphet Kotto ). There is also a tiger-striped orange tabby cat named Jones (often called "Jonesy" by the crew). The ship is equipped with a MU-TH-R 182 model 2.1 terabyte AI Mainframe (called "Mother" by the crew). At the beginning of the first film, the ship is on a course returning to Earth from Thedus , using a form of FTL drive that requires the crew to spend most of the journey in "hypersleep" in order to conserve the ship's limited resources (food/water/air). At the end of the film, Ellen Ripley destroys the Nostromo in an attempt to kill the xenomorph . Design Edit Images from the collection of scenes Ron Cobb painted under Dan O'Bannon's direction to be "shopped" around with the original Alien script.

Top pic is an illustration of the ship (then named "Leviathan"), the middle image is of the blueprint elevations of the same vessel, and the bottom image details the arrangement of the ship's interior. The design of the Nostromo is credited to illustrators Ron Cobb and Chris Foss . Ultimately Chris Foss' highly organic visions of the spacecraft were discarded in favor of Cobb's NASA-like utilitarian renderings. Ridley Scott made his own design contributions as well, adding most of the cathedralesque "refinery" portion, which dominates the craft on screen. Much of the ship's architecture, particularly its interiors and the colossal spires of its refinery structure, are inspired by the cavernous yet simultaneously claustrophobic sensibilities of haunted houses and castles from Gothic Horror films such as Nosferatu . Right (middle image): Cobb's blueprint elevations of a late Nostromo (then named "Leviathan"), notation reads: Basic Lockheed CM 88B Bison transporter frame modified and fitted with a Yutani T7A NLS Stellar Drive.

The original Saturn J3000 engines have been replaced by 2 Rolls Royce N66 Cyclone Thrust Tunnels with bi-polar vectoring for mid line life function. Each power plant developing 7,250,000 tons thrust (14,500,000,000 pounds) giving a high impulse total of 14,460,000 tons. [1] Some of this information has filtered into the official canon , as appears below. The canon itself issues from the Aliens: Colonial Marines Technical Manual . The bottom of the Nostromo was built with pieces of Star Wars X-wings toy sets.

Gallery Interstellar Spaceship Names | Concordances and Characters | Fandom powered by Wikia Aaron Burr - Robert Silverberg's novel The Seed of Earth Abdiel - Poul Anderson's short story "The Bitter Bread," in his collection Explorations Abhorrent (destroyer) - Robert Kroese's novel Starship Grifters Acinonyx (a class of frigates) - Scott Westerfeld’s novels The Risen Empire and The Killing of Worlds Ad Astra - Stephen Baxter's novel Proxima Adastra - James Gunn's novel Transcendental, p. 175 Aesclipus Twenty (hospital ship) - Murray Leinster's novel This World is Taboo fill text ISS Agave Nectar - Robert Kroese's novel Starship Grifters' Algonquin - David R. George III's Star Trek: The Original Series novel Allegiance in Exile Alphane - Garth Nix's "Punctuality," a short story in The New Space Opera 2 Alphard – Hal Clement’s novel Cycle of Fire Altissima - Elizabeth Moon's short story "Chameleons" in The New Space Opera 2 Amber Dragonfly - R.M.

Meluch's novel The Ninth Circle CDFS Amerigo Vespucci - John Scalzi's novel Zoe's Tale Andrew Johnson - Robert Silverberg's novel The Seed of Earth Ardent - Jack Campbell's novel Dauntless, The Lost Fleet universe Andromeda Ascendant - Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda television series Andros - "Invasion Report," a short story in Theodore R. Cogswell's collection The Well Around the World Arcadia - Captain Harlock's Battle cruiser in the anime movie Arcadia of my youth Ardeas - Jay Lake's short story "To Raise a Mutiny Betwixt Ourselves" in The New Space Opera 2 Ariel - Lois McMaster Bujold's Vorkosigan Saga Ark of the Covenant – Arthur C.

Clarke’s The Songs of Distant Earth (briefly mentioned as one of two, possibly lost, Mormon colonie ships) Argus - Harry Harrison's short story "Welcoming Committee" in his collection 50 in 50 Argus II - Harry Harrison's short story "Welcoming Committee" in his collection 50 in 50 Armitou - Matthew Hughes' short story Sleeper Light Speed November 2013 Arrogant - Jack Campbell's novel Dauntless, The Lost Fleet universe Asgard (formerly the Einstein) - Robert A.

Heinlein 's novel Starman Jones Asimov - Babylon 5 television series Assam Dragon - James Blish's short story "This Earth of Hours" in Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1959 Assimilator's Claws - Stephen Baxter's novel Exultant Atlantis City Ship - Atlantis (Stargate) Atropos - Jerry Pournelle's novel Outies Audacious - Jack Campbell's novel Dauntless, The Lost Fleet universe B Flat - Carmen Carter's The Children of Hamlin, Star Trek: The Next Generation novel Bad Little Kitty - Robert Kroese's novel Starship Grifters Balance of Judgment - Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda television series Banshee Stalker - David Conyers and David Kernot's short story "Petrochemical Skies" in David Conyers et al.'s collection Extreme Planets Baramundi - Richard A. Lupoff's Space War Blues Battlestar Galactica - Battlestar Galactica (1978) & its 2003 remake Beats Working - Iain M. Banks's novel The Hydrogen Sonata Bellerophon - Forbidden Planet Bellerophon - John C.

Wright's novel Count to a Trillion Benison of Names - Jay Lake's short story "To Raise a Mutiny Betwixt Ourselves" in The New Space Opera 2 Bernini/Bagheera - R.M. Meluch's novel The Ninth Circle Bertrand - R.M. Meluch's novel Strength and Honor, p. 264 Big Dog generation ship - Brian W. Aldiss 's novel Starship The Black Cockatoo – Samuel R. Delaney’s novel Nova Black Star - H. Beam Piper's novel Space Viking, brief reference Blessed - John Scalzi's novel The God Engines Bloodstorm - Andy Heizeler's "The Grand Illusion: A Dean The Space Rogue Tale," Raygun Revival, Issue 55, December 2009 text Blue Midget - Red Dwarf television series Borodino - Charles E.

Gannon's novel Fire With Fire Bounty - Kristine Katherine Rusch's novel Diving the Wreck, brief reference Braveheart - Jack Campbell's novel Dauntless, The Lost Fleet universe Brindisi - James Blish's short story "Beep" in Galaxy, February 1954 Brinkdale - Brian Aldiss's short story "The Impossible Star," in his collection Who Can Replace a Man? C-57D - Forbidden Planet 1956 film Caconym - Iain M. Banks's novel The Hydrogen Sonata Calamus - Robert Reed's novel The Well of Stars IMN DD-217 Calexico - Thomas Harlan's novel Land of the Dead Callisto ( Asimov class spaceship) - Babylon 5 television series Calm Horizons - Stephen R. Donaldson's - The Gap Series Caltasp Princess - Iain M. Banks' novel Against a Dark Background HMS Camden Lock - TV Series Hyperdrive 2007 Canopus – “A Walk in the Dark,” a short story in Arthur C. Clarke’s collection Reach for Tomorrow Castellan - Michael Cobley's Humanity's Fire series, Seeds of Fire, p.

185 Ceatl - Thomas Harlan's novel House of Reeds, p. 74 Celestial Traveller - Jack Vances's short story Sjambak full text Chancellor - Don D'Ammassa's novel Narcissus U.W.S. Charybdis - James C.G. Shirk's short story "Siren's Call" Raygun Revival July 8, 2011 Chaxothal - Michael Cobley's Humanity's Fire series, Seeds of Fire Chimney Rock - R.M. Meluch's novel Strength and Honor Christiforo Colombo - Robert A. Heinlein 's novel Time for the Stars Cleaver - Richard A. Lupoff's novel Space War Blues, p. 218 Coal Sack - Andre Norton's novel Moon of Three Rings Coast City - Adam Christopher's The Burning Dark Columbia - "Ship Happens" episode of Eureka, television series Commonwealth - Charles E. Gannon's novel Fire With Fire TCS Concordia - Wing Commander computer game Contents May Differ - Iain M. Banks's novel The Hydrogen Sonata Corisande - H.

Beam Piper's Space Viking, brief reference Dagger - Jack Campbell's novel Dauntless, The Lost Fleet universe, brief reference Dagmar - Poul Anderson's novel For Love and Glory Damnthing - H. Beam Piper's novel Space Viking, brief reference Dampier - Alan Dean Foster's novel Quofum Dark Star - John Carpenter's film of the same name Dart - Andre Norton's novel Plague Ship Dauntless - E.E. ("Doc") Smith's "Lensman" series Dauntless - Jack Campbell's novel Dauntless, The Lost Fleet universe Davis - Richard A. Lupoff's novel Space War Blues, p. 207 Dawnforce - Brenda Cooper's novel Reading the Wind Death of Sophonista - "Nightingale," a short story in Alastair Reynold's collection Galactic North, part of the Revelation Space universe Deathshadow - Captain Harlock's first ship, which he commands during the war against the Illumidas DeGaulle - L.E. Modesitt Jr.'s novel Haze Deep Reverence - Greg Bear's Cryptum: The Forernner Saga (Halo universe) Dentless - Randall Garrett's "Backstage Lensman" parody Dessalines - Richard A.

Lupoff's novel Space War Blues Earth's Hope - Evan Mandery's novel First Contact: Or, Its Later Than You Think, p. 190 Edmonton - R.M. Meluch's novel Strength and Honor Elias of London - Marguerite Reed's novel Archangel, p. 42 Elizabeth Regina - Robert A. Heinlein's novel Starman Jones, brief reference Elysium - Pandorum 2009 film Emancipation - John C. Wright's novel Count to a Trillion, p. 313 Emissary - Poul Anderson's short story "The Life of Your Time" in his collection 'Dialogue With Darkness Empiricist - Iain M. Banks's novel The Hydrogen Sonata Empress Maia (passenger liner) - Poul Anderson's short story "The Plague of Masters" in the collection Sir Dominic Flandry: The Last Knight of Terra Endeavor - Chris Roberson's novel Further: Beyond the Threshold, p. 68 USS Endeavor - Christopher L.

Bennett's novel Tower of Babel, a Star Trek Enterprise novel; Clayton Ward and Kevin Dilmore's Star Trek: The Original Series universe novel Point of Divergence Enlightenment - Red Dwarf television series Envoy - Poul Andreson's novel Starfarers Envoy of Peace – Eleanor Arnason’s novel Ring of Swords Enterprise - H. Beam Piper's novel Space Viking SSS Esperanto - Red Dwarf television series Eurydice - Stanislaw Lem's short story collection Fiasco Euterpe - Matthew Hughes's novel Magestrum, Magestrum universe Gabriel - Philip José Farmer's novel The Lovers Galactic Survey Ship S9000 - Arthur C. Clarke's short story "Rescue Party" in his collection Reach for Tomorrow Galactique Allen Steele's novel Arkwright, p.

201 Gallivant - Matthew Hughes's novel The Spiral Labyrinthe, Majestrum trilogy Gansas – Brian Aldiss’s novel The Dark Light Years Gantrithor - StarCraft Garden Chernobyl - David Marusek's novel Mind Over Ship Garden Hybris - David Marusek's novel Mind Over Ship Garden Kiev - David Marusek's novel Mind Over Ship Garden of Hope - David Marusek's novel Mind Over Ship Gay Deceiver - Robert Heinlein's novel The Number of the Beast Geboraa - Brian W. Aldiss's novel Bow Down to Nul Gegenschen - Robert Silverberg's novel The Seed of Earth, p. 4 Gellemtyan-Asool-Anafawaya Iain M. Banks's novel The Hydrogen Sonata, p. 219 Gemini 12 - Lost in Space pilot for the 1965-1967 television series General Vorkraft - Lois McMaster Bujold's Vorkosigan Saga Gentle Star ( General Gau 's command ship) - John Scalzi's novel Zoe's Tale Geoffrey - James Gunn's novel Transcendental Gladiator - R.M.

Meluch's novel The Ninth Circle Glorious - "Invasion Report," a short story in Theodore R. Cogswell's collection The Well Around the World Glorious Fool - Rachel Bach's novel Future's Pawn Goblin - Jack Campbell's novel Dauntless, The Lost Fleet universe, brief reference Hallowed - John Scalzi's novel The God Engines Hammadi - Michael P. Kube-McDowell's novel Exile, p. 104 Harryhausen (freighter) - Christopher L. Bennett's novel Tower of Babel ( Star Trek : Enterprise Rise of the Federation series) Headcrash - Iain M. Banks's novel The Hydrogen Sonata Heinlein – Larry Niven’s novel World of Ptavvs Helen of Troy - Don D'Ammassa's novel Narcissus Henry Hudson - Robert A. Heinlein's novel Time for the Stars Henry R. Cornuelle - Thomas Harlan's novel House of Reeds Heracles - Michael Cobley's Humanity's Fire series Hermetic - John C.

Wright's novel Count to a Trillion The Heroism of Che Guevara - Allen Steele's novel Hex Heshgemar-Kref - Michael Cobley's Humanity's Fire series, Seeds of Fire Hideyoshi - "Galactic North," a short story in Alastair Reynolds' collection Galactic North High Barbaree - Poul Anderson's "Ghetto," a short story in William F. Nolan's collection A Wilderness of Stars Hightail – Brian Aldiss’ novel The Dark Light Years Hirondelle - "Galactic North," a short story in Alastair Reynolds' collection Galactic North Holy - John Scalzi's novel The God Engines Hooligan - Poul Anderson's Dominic Flandry novels Imperial Klingon Cruiser Homghor - Clayton Ward and Kevin Dilmore's Star Trek: The Original Series universe novel Point of Divergence Hope Fire Home - Andy Dudak's " Human System ", a short story in Raygun Revival, September 22, 2012 Horizon - Christopher L.

Bennett's novel Tower of Babel, a Star Trek Enterprise novel Hot Needle of Inquiry - Larry Niven's The Ringworld Engineers Hull 302 - Jay Lake's short story "To Raise a Mutiny Betwixt Ourselves" in The New Space Opera 2 Iberre - Iain M. Banks's novel The Hydrogen Sonata, p. 219 Imhotep – Poul Anderson’s novel Firetime UNSC Infinity 5.5 kilometer long flag ship the UNSC navy featured heavily in the newest games. HALO franchise Infinity (FTL) - Galaxina 1980 film Influx - James L. Cambias's novel A Darklign Sea, p. 63 Invidious - Jack Campbell's novel Dauntless, The Lost Fleet universe, brief reference Interpol ship 2186 - R.M. Meluch's novel The Ninth Circle Intrepid - " The Immunity Syndrome " Star Trek: The Original Series August 14, 1967, read "The Immunity Syndrome" by Robert Saboroff and John Scalzi's novel Redshirts Irrelevant (FTL) - Robert A.

Heinlein 's novel Time for the Stars Isabella – Poul Anderson’s novel Firetime INSS MacArthur – Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle's novel The Mote in God's Eye and Jennifer Pournelle's novel Outies SDF-1 Macross - The Super Dimension Fortress Macross and Robotech television series Magellan - Robert A. Heinlein 's novel Time for the Stars Magellan - John Scalzi's novel Zoe's Tale Makarata - Richard A. Lupoff's Space War Blues Makt – “Starfog,” a short story in Poul Anderson’s collections Beyond the Beyond and Explorations U.E.S.C. Marathon - Marathon computer game Malika - Joseph L. Kellogg's short story " Fare-Weather Friends ." Raygun Revival. vol. 63, no. 007, August 1, 2011 Manifold Destiny (Tarin) - John Scalzi's short story "The Tale of the Wicked" in The New Space Opera 2 SS Manny Celeste - Red Dwarf television series Marathon - Eric Frank Russell's collection Men, Martians, and Machines Marco Polo - Robert A.

Heinlein's novel Time for the Stars Marco Polo - James L. Cambias's novel A Darkling Sea Marilee - Jack C. Haldeman II's novel Perry's Planet, p. 80 Marustopes – Brian Aldiss’ novel The Dark Light Years Massive - Invader Zim Mayflower II - Stephen Baxter's novel Exultant Mayflower II - James P. Hogan's novel Voyage From Yesteryear (generation ship) Melancholia Enshrines All Triumph - Iain M. Banks's novel The Hydrogen Sonata MengTian - L.E. Modesitt Jr.'s novel Haze Mercedes - M.R. Meluch's novel The Ninth Circle Mercury - Robert A. Heinlein & Spider Robinson's novel Variable Star U.S.S. Merrimack - M.R. Meluch's novel The Ninth Circle Millennium Falcon - Star Wars universe Minerva - Robert Heinlein's novel The Number of the Beast Miranda II - C.L. Anderson's novel Bitter Angels Mistake Not - Iain M.

Banks's novel The Hydrogen Sonata Nadesico ND-001, Cosmos ND-002, Kakitsubata ND-003, Shakuyaku ND-004 - Martian Successor Nadesico Nantes - John Scalzi's novel Redshirts Naranja - Jay Lake's short story "To Raise a Mutiny Betwixt Ourselves" in The New Space Opera 2 Nautilus - Robert A. Heinlein 's novel Time for the Stars Nauvoo - James S.A. Corey's novel Leviathan Awakes (Mormon Generation Ship ) Nauvoo Vision - Jerry Pournelle's novel Outies New Frontiers - Robert A. Heinlein's novel Methuselah's Children New Hope (legendary plague ship) - Andre Norton's novel Plague Ship, brief reference New Making - Brenda Cooper's novel Reading the Wind Newton - Richard A. Lupoff's Space War Blues, p.

218 Nighthawk - John Scalzi's short story "The Tale of the Wicked" in The New Space Opera 2 Nightingale (hospital ship) - "Nightingale," a short story in Alastair Reynold's collection Galactic North, part of the Revelation Space universe Nimbus - Futurama The Futurama Encycolpedia entry Nina - Robert A. Heinlein 's novel Time for the Stars Nobody's Business - Kristine Katherine Rusch's novel Diving the Wreck Normandy Beach - Robert Heinlein's novel ------------------- Normandy SR-1 & SR-2 - Mass Effect and Mass Effect 2 console/PC games Nostromo - Alien 1979 film USS Palamino - The Black Hole 1979 film Pallistre - Matthew Hughes's novel The Other Pantopon Rose - M. John Harrison's novel Empty Space: A Haunting, p. 79 Passing By And Thought I'd Drop In - Iain M. Banks's novel The Hydrogen Sonata, p.

77 The Patriotism of Fidel Castro - Allen Steele's novel Hex Pax Magellanic - Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda television series Pax Terra - Michael Cobley's Humanity's Fire series Peccable - Robert Silverberg's short story " Neutral Planet " Pedagogue - Mack Reynolds' novel The Rival Rigelains Peregrine - Stephen Leigh's novel Dance of the Hag Perez - Richard A. Lupoff's Space War Blues Perquisitor - Michael Cobley's Humanity's Fire series, Seeds of Earth Persephone - Don D'Ammassa's Narcissus Persephonya - L.E. Modesitt, Jr.'s novel The One-Eyed Man Peter the Great - Robert A. Heinlein 's novel Time for the Stars Phaeton - Virtuality Summer 2009 television series Pharaon - R.M. Meluch's novel Strength and Honor, p. 262 Phoenicia - Ben Jeapes's novel Phoenicia's World Pinta - Robert A. Heinlein 's novel Time for the Stars Pizza Night - M. John Harrison's novel Empty Space: A Haunting, brief reference Pioneer - Christopher L.

Bennett's novel Tower of Babel, a Star Trek Enterprise novel Planet Express Ship - Futurama animated televsiion series Polaris - Jack McDevitt's novel Polaris Polyphemus - Jay Lake's short story "To Raise a Mutiny Betwixt Ourselves" in The New Space Opera 2 Pregnant Banana – “Grendel,” a short story in Larry Niven’s Neutron Star brief reference Pressure Drop - Iain M. Banks's novel The Hydrogen Sonata Prestige - Matthew Hughes's novel The Other The Pride of Cucamonga - Allen Steele's Hex Prince Serg - Lois McMaster Bujold's Vorkosigan Saga Princess Karen - Poul Anderson's "Ghetto," a short story in William F. Nolan's collection A Wilderness of Stars Procyon - David R. George III's Star Trek: The Original Series novel Allegiance in Exile, p. 282 Prohorus - Raymond E. Jones and Lester Del Rey's Weeping May Tarry USS Sagittarius - Clayton Ward and Kevin Dilmore's Star Trek: The Original Series universe novel Point of Divergence San Joaquin - John Scalzi's novel Zoe's Tale, p.

253 Saucy Sal - M. John Harrison's novel Empty Space: A Haunting, p. 64 Seale - Richard A. Lupoff's novel Space War Blues, p. 218 Sacred - John Scalzi's novel The God Engines Sacrifice (Chaurixa vessel) - Michael Cobley's Humanity's Fire series Sainted - John Scalzi's novel The God Engines Sandra Voi - "Glacial," a short story in Alastair Reynold's collection Galactic North, part of the Revelation Space universe Santa Maria - Robert A. Heinlein 's novel Time for the Stars Santaerno - Donald Kinsbury's Psychohistorical Crisis (set in Asimov's Foundation universe), p. 94 Schnellwind - Charles E. Gannon's novel Fire With Fire S.S. Schirra - Mack Reynolds' novel Amazon Planet Scorpio - Charles Huntington's novel Nightmare on Vega 3 Jurisdiction Fleet Ship Scylla - Susan R.

Matthews's novel Prisoner of Conscience Seedling Star - Greg Bear's Cryptum: The Forerunner Saga (Halo universe) The Seeker - Kristine Kathryn Rusch's novel Diving the Wreck Segmentation - Michael Cobley's Humanity's Fire series Serenity - Firefly television series Serendipity - Robert A. Heinlein 's novel Time for the Stars Seth - Marc Peraino's novel Vitamin H Sheffield - Robert A.

Heinlein & Spider Robinson's novel Variable Star Shoryu - Thomas Harlan's novel House of Reeds Sidonia - Nihei Tsutomu's Knights of Sidonia manga Sierra Nevada – Poul Anderson’s novel Firetime , brief reference Silver Wings of Morning - Alastair Reynolds's novel House of Suns SS Silverberg - Red Dwarf television series Sinbad - Jerry Pournelle's novel Outies Skidhbladnir - Michael Cobley's Humanity's Fire series Skimmer - Zach Hughes's novel Closed System Skydiver, several short stories and novels by Larry Niven: Long Shot (also in Ringworld ), Slower Than Infinity, Drunkard's Walk, Hobo Kelly - Crashlander Skyrover - Robert Silverberg's novel The Seed of Earth Slower Than Infinity – “Flatlander,” a short story in Larry Niven’s collection Neutron Star Various Skylark s - E. E.

Smith 's Skylark series Sleipnir - (TSNX (Terran Space Navy) Cruiser) in "The Shadow of Space," a short story in Philip Jose Farmer's Down in the Black Gang Slower Than Infinity - Larry Niven's short story "Flatlander" in his collection Neutron Star Smile Tolerantly - Iain M. Banks's novel The Hydrogen Sonata, p. 265 Sojourn - Geoff Nelder's short story "Colloidal Suspension" in David Conyers et al., ed.s collection Extreme Planets Sol Bianca - Sol Bianca anime Solar Queen - Solar Queen series of novels by Andre Norton such as Plague Ship Spaceball One - Spaceballs 1987 film Space Beagle - A. E. van Vogt's novel The Voyage of the Space Beagle Space Cruiser Yonuar – “Day of Burning,” a short story in Poul Anderson’s Beyond the Beyond Space King (possible reference to the 1940s-1950s radio and television series?) - Kristine Kathryn Rusch's Diving the Wreck Space Probe 6 - Charles Huntington's novel Nightmare on Vega 3 Space Scourge - H.

Beam Piper's Space Viking, brief reference Spawn of Dagon - Don D'Ammassa's novel Narcissus Spectre - Peter David's Blind Man's Bluff ( Star Trek : New Frontiers) Speroancora - Jennifer Foehner Wells's novel Fluency Spring Beauty - M.R. Meluch's The Ninth Circle Star of Naxos - Thomas Harlan's novel House of Reeds, p. 39 Tambourlaine - John Barnes's short story "The Lost Princess Man" in The New Space Opera 2 Tehuia - Thomas Harlan's novel House of Reeds Tenebrosa - Michael Cobley's Humanity's Fire series Tepoztecatl - Thomas Harlan's House of Reeds The Sword of the Prophet – Arthur C. Clarke’s The Songs of Distant Earth (briefly mentioned as one of two, possibly lost, Mormon colony ships) TARDIS - an unconventional time/space vessel, Doctor Who The Teacher - Alan Dean Foster's "Pip and Flinx" novels TCS Tiger's Claw - Wing Commander (computer game) The Titan & the Valkyrie - Titan A.E. 2000 film Theodore Bilbo - Richard A.

Lupoff's novel Space War Blues Theseus ( interstellar ramjet ) - Peter Watt's novel Blindsight Titan - Jack Campbell's novel Dauntless, The Lost Fleet universe Tolpuddle Martyrs' Response - China Miéville's novel Embassytown SS Trojan - Red Dwarf television series Turoson - Thomas Harlan's novel House of Reeds Tours- Robert Heinlein's novel Starship Troopers Toussaint - Richard A. Lupoff's novel Space War Blues The Traitor’s Claw – “The Soft Weapon,” a short story in Larry Niven’s collection Neutron Star Trajan - R.M. Meluch's novel Strength and Honor Traveler - Brenda Cooper's novel Reading the Wind Traveler - Poul Anderson's short story "Epilogue," in his collection Explorations Tranquil Hegemony - The Gap Series - Stephen R. Donaldson Trident - Peter David's Blind Man's Bluff ( Star Trek : New Frontiers) Triple G. – “Sucker Bait,” a short story in Isaac Asimov’s collection The Martian Way and Other Stories U.S.S.

Valiant - " Where No Man Has Gone Before " Star Trek: The Original Series , September 22, 1966, read the short story of the same title by Samuel A. Peoples in the March 1953 issues of Incredible Tales Magazine Valiant - Jack Campbell's novel Dauntless, The Lost Fleet universe Valley Forge (space freighter carrying geodesic domes) - Silent Running 1972 film Valley Forge (troop transport) - Robert A. Heinlein's novel Starship Troopers Value Judgement - Iain M. Banks's novel The Hydrogen Sonata Vanguard - Jack Campbell's novel Dauntless, The Lost Fleet universe Vanguard - James Gunn's novel Transcendental, p. 176 Vasco de Gama - Robert A. Heinlein 's novel Time for the Stars Vatre Vzezda - Poul Anderson's short story A Knight of Ghosts and Shadows in the collection Sir Dominic Flandry: The Last Knight of Terra Venom - Jack Campbell's novel Dauntless, The Lost Fleet universe Venturer - Laurence James' novel Backflash Verwoerd - Richard A.

Lupoff's novel Space War Blues Viganli - Michael Cobley's Humanity's Fire series, Seeds of Earth The Viking's Gift - H. Beam Piper's novel Space Viking, brief reference Villa Grande - R.M. Meluch's novel The Ninth Circle Vindex - H. Beam Piper's novel Space Viking, brief reference Imperial Klingon Cruiser Voh tak - Clayton Ward and Kevin Dilmore's Star Trek: The Original Series universe novel Point of Divergence Voortrekker (freighter) - Christopher L. Bennett's novel Tower of Babel, a Star Trek Enterprise novel Wanderer - Michael Merriam's "Doors Through Places You Live," Raygun Revival, Issue 55, December 2009 text Wanderer - Robert Silverberg's novel The Seed of Earth Wardben - James McKimmey's "The Inspector," a short story in Joseph Elder's collection The Farthest Reaches Warm, Considering - Iain M.

Banks's novel The Hydrogen Sonata Wasp of Kolkata - China Miéville's novel Embassytown Wayfarer One - Chris Roberson's novel Further: Beyond the Threshold Weblo One "Counterweight" episode of the Outer Limits, 1963. Whiskey Bravo - M. John Harrison's novel Empty Space: A Haunting, brief reference Whorl of the Long Sun Generation Ship - Gene Wolfe's The Book of the New Sun Wicked - John Scalzi's short story "The Tale of the Wicked" in The New Space Opera 2 Derelict (Alien) | Annex | Fandom powered by Wikia Edit The Derelict is a large, asymmetrical, wishbone -shaped craft, with a thickened central section between the two horns, which bend upwards. It has three large openings near ground level between the two horns, leading into the ship's interior. It is through one of these openings that three of the Nostromo crew members ( Captain Dallas , Navigator Lambert , and Executive Officer Kane ) entered the ship. The interior of the Derelict resembled more a giant beast than a spacegoing vessel, with its skeletal walls, circular gangways and steep passages.

(The Xenomorph nest in Aliens implied that the aliens had transformed the ship as they had the terraforming station). The Derelict may be a type of bioship from an advanced and ancient race (the Space Jockeys ). It is organic in appearance, and it shows signs of being partially fossilized ; though it is still functional, since it is still sending out an automated radio transmission. The dead Pilot is also fused to the command chair on the ship's bridge equivalent. One interesting aspect of the ship is that exactly what part of the ship seen by the Nostromo's crew goes completely unexplained. It would seem to be the bow, or front, because the Space Jockey is apparently the pilot but this is uncertain. The exterior of the ship looks almost like the stern (back-end) of a ship that has hit the ground and buried its nose in the dirt. Whichever theory one chooses to accept will also dictate which backstory the viewer will accept. Crew Edit The fossilized Space Jockey In an enormous cockpit room, on a turntable-like structure was a giant alien life form that appeared to have been dead for an extremely long time, since it was fossilized . It appeared to have grown out of its equally enormous chair.

It was sitting at a giant telescopic object that pointed upward that is assumed to be the pilot's controls. It also had a huge hole in its chest with bones bent outward, as if something exploded from the inside. Very little is known about this long dead organism inside the Derelict, which the Alien production team named Space Jockey . H.R. Giger , designer of the Derelict and the Space Jockey, originally named it simply "The Pilot". Lambert of the Nostromo brought up the question of what happened to the rest of the crew on the Derelict, since no remains of any other Space Jockeys were found on board. Cargo Edit Kane, the executive officer, found a large hole near the side of the Space Jockey's "turntable". The hole opened out into a pit, apparently burned through by acid. The crewman volunteered to go down and investigate. Upon reaching the bottom he discovered that he was inside an enormous cave-like cargo space filled with thousands of "leathery objects like eggs," covered by a thin layer of blue mist that reacted when broken.

Ridley Scott states during the Director's Commentary on the Alien Special Edition DVD that the eggs are the cargo of the Space Jockey's ship with the ship being a sort-of war ship designed to carry these biological weapons, or perhaps a science vessel carrying the eggs as cargo for scientific study. This room was called "the egg chamber" for obvious reasons, and is the scene of the first contact with the Alien organism, when the facehugger bursts out from one of the eggs, penetrates Kane's helmet (offscreen), and attaches itself to his face. Origins Edit The origin of the Derelict and its inhabitant, the Space Jockey, is not depicted and virtually nothing is ever said about either throughout the entire Alien series. The Atmosphere Processor explosion, which occurred near the central colony complex near the end of the second film, probably did not destroy the Derelict, as colonists had been on LV-426 for several years before its discovery; however, Alien: Resurrection states that the Derelict was destroyed in the explosion.

In Aliens: Special Edition, the Jordan family are said to have headed out past 'the Illian Range', supposedly a mountain range, which may have protected the Derelict from the explosion. The Derelict was never seen again after Alien except for its brief appearance in the 1991 Special Edition of Aliens which depicted its discovery by the Jorden family, on the now colonized LV-426. Following this extended introduction, all but one of the colony members are killed by the alien species. According to the computer game Aliens versus Predator , the derelict ship survived the explosion and the Company established a new colony, atmosphere processor, and research facility dedicated to studying the derelict ship and its contents. All were destroyed ten years later during a second alien infestation, when an unnamed Marine disabled the atmosphere processor's cooling systems, causing another explosion. Trivia Edit In a very early draft of the script, the eggs were originally meant to be housed in a completely separate architectural structure, shaped in the form of a massive pyramid. These illustrations of the discarded sequence were done by British illustrator and science fiction artist Chris Foss .

According to the book Giger's Alien, the eggs were originally meant to be housed in a completely separate architectural structure, shaped in the form of a massive pyramid. This would imply the previous existence of a native civilization, wiped out by their reverence for the creatures. This is possibly what the structure and ancient history scene of Alien vs. Predator was based on. More than 100 prop eggs were created for the scene of Kane's exploration of the " cave " under The Derelict. One special hero-egg prop was created with a top that could peel open by hydraulics. The scene of Kane being attacked was filmed on September 10, 1978. Ridley Scott wanted an early warning system around the Alien eggs that would signal the eggs to the approach of a possible host organism. This effect was achieved through the use of a blue scanning laser that was projected through smoke to highlight the apparent membrane covering the eggs. The laser used was loaned to Scott by the rock group The Who . Ridley Scott has stated in respect to the production of Alien that he wanted to make "a slasher movie in space".

The Derelict is intended as an updated version of "a dark, old, haunted house ," as is the Nostromo. See also

Question: What was the name of the spaceship in Alien?
Answer: Nostromo